Friday, February 12, 2016

In a new gender-blind studya six-person teamof computer science researcherslooked at three million contributionsor "pull requests"on the repository website GitHuband foundthat when the genderof a contributor was unknowna woman's codewas accepted 78.6 percentof the timewhile a man'swas accepted only 74.6 percentof the timethough womenwere more likelyto have their code rejectedwhen gender was revealed.Though the resultshave not yet been peer-reviewedwhat might they indicateabout male politiciansTed Cruz and Donald Trumpdebating which of themis more pro-restricting abortion rightsand simultaneouslymore pro-womanthan the other?Probably nothing.

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Should it be progressivefor President Obamato visit a mosque in Baltimoreand then to tell the people there"If you’re ever wonderingwhether you fit in herelet me say itas clearly as I canas president of the United States.You fit in hereright here”?It doesn't matterbut the rest of the countrybelieving that they dowould certainly be progress.

Bio of Emily Cooper, Associated Poetry Poet

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Emily Cooper is a 29-year-old Creative Writing major (Randolph-Macon Woman's College, 2010). She is an introvert who has always written poetry, but now aspires to look outwards -- but more importantly, inject modern reality with her own brand of Jon Stewart-style observational humor. The end result is truly "free" verse.
The idea for "Associated Poetry" began January 21, 2013. After seeing Richard Blanco read at Obama's inauguration for his second term, Emily felt compelled to start a blog to document the zeitgeist of our country’s politics, down to a particular week or day. She wanted a name that would be taken seriously by the public at large and any potential syndicators, but would also leave her the freedom to write as she wished -- not wanting to be confined to a particular cause or issue, but rather, poetry “associated” with the times in general. Associated Press -- a newswire that makes people think of unbiased, serious reporting -- contributed the "associated" "newsy-ness". Her poems have a bias – generally quite left of center – but with a humorous bent that will, ideally, appeal to people at many points in the spectrum.